Anyone this adding Von Neumann ships would be a good idea? Von Neumann machines are mechanical life, that is, machines capable of self-replication. The idea is, that you enter a system with one ship, ships finds a suitable asteroid, an egg that's a universal constructor with a fusion reactor attache...

I think this ought to be a tech.. That is, it would be possible, for almost any race, to discover mind uploading and in time transform themselves into uploaded beings.. However, there would be a penalty, like that three quarters of your race would frown upon the idea, and you would have to start the...